When execute netbeans-4_0-rc1-windows.exe these
error occurs and installation canceled in Turkish
Locale:
An unhandled error occured -- specify system
property "is.debug" for more informatin.
When we change locale to English US there is no
problem.
OS -> Win XP Turkish SP2
JDK -> J2SE 1.5.0
Locale Turkish

Does installer cancel before anything is displayed? I will try to set
Turkish locale on English Win XP and reproduce it. We do not have
machine with Turkish Win XP. As workaround you can use zip distribution.

I reproduced this issue. It looks like InstallShield problem -
exception is thrown from IS code. I will file bug to IS. Unfortunately
it happens also with IS X SP2. I will test simplle test case too.
Patrick should we add note to Release Notes? (Add RENOTE keyword.) It
applies to all our installers.

For this release we're only release noting critical P2s, but this
might be something that we could add to the installation instructions
in a troubleshooting section.
Marek, does it happen in locales other than the Turkish locale? Is the
workaround to simply run the installer in a different locale, such as
English U.S.?
Talley, can you look into this?

so the installer simply quits before its finished when using any of
the localized versions of the netbeans 4.0/jdk 1.5 installer?
and is the problem limited to windows xp or does "all our installers"
mean on all platforms?
any ideas as to what we should suggest as a workaround?

As said above. English installers have this problem (ie. non
localized) on Win XP with Turkish locale set. I do not know about
other locales - we have no other reports. But we did not test other
locales AFAIK. (I will CC QA.) It works fine with English U.S. locale
so workaround is to switch to English U.S. locale. As problem is in
InstallShield code I expect all our installers which are based on
InstallShield will have this problem but I did not test them all yet -
I tested and reproduced this problem with NetBeans installer.
Installer stops soon after start before it shows Welcome panel - it
shows just message box with error message as reported.

I used latest daily ml build and did not see the problem.
I am using en xp and regional settings (both basic and adv)
set to Turkish and I rebooted.
Could you retry with latest bits and see if issue ?
ken.frank@sun.com

I must repeat it happens with English build of NetBeans on Win XP with
Turkish locale.
From reporter:
Change your XP's regional settings like this..
Regional Options->Standarts and formats-> Turkish, Location->Turkey
Advanced-> Language for non unicode programs->Turkish
I think the most important is to set "Language for non unicode programs".

It is amazing to see that this important (at least for all Turkish Java
developers) hasnt been solved and WONTFIX'ed easily sayin "This is an
InstallShield" bug. Issue reported almost 2 years ago, and *nothing* happened.
- InstallShield says this is a HSQLDB bug, but that issue has been resolved in
HSQLDB almost a year ago
- Why are you using a proprietary installer which doesnt care about your bugs?
even if its a simple one?
- All Turkish java developers uses either Eclipse or soething other than
Netbeans, Guess why? Whwn I tell them "Hey, Netbeans has this cool matisse
thingy in new version" thay say, "Does it install without changing locale to
English"? ....
- This bug also affects Azeri, Turkmen and some other locales too.
I hope someone cares about this.